Personal Representative Without Actual Knowledge of Agreement
Community Property with Right of Survivorship · Third Parties Dealing with Community Property Subject to Right of Survivorship
If the personal representative of a deceased spouse's estate has no actual knowledge of the existence of an agreement creating a right of survivorship in community property in the surviving spouse, the personal representative is not liable to the surviving spouse or any person claiming from the surviving spouse for selling, exchanging, distributing, or otherwise disposing of the property.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
